Zombie Dice, a new game from Steve Jackson Games, has us pretty excited here at Dice of Doom. The premise is pretty simple – you are a zombie, hungry and desperately attempting to eat brains whilst trying to avoid the natural enemy of the zombie – the shotgun. While we are all left waiting for the game to be released early next year some time, they have kindly created a Flash Demo of the game to further tease educate us on the way the game is played – and we have to admit – it looks pretty fun. The Flash Demo is worth watching for the pure amusement value – think ‘Zombie narrator’…

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Always keen to give a zombie game a go, we were excited to try out Game of da Dead by Moyo studios in Sweden. The premise is fairly straight forward – planets are being taken over by zombies and you are the guy in the shooty tower attempting to defend the little dudes till they reach you and safety.

Everything about this game is geared towards the casual player. The controls took me seconds to work out, the play is fairly straight forward and there is enough going on to keep you interested. In fact, the developer promises over 100 maps to play. We haven’t got that far yet, but there is certainly a feeling of having just scratched the surface after playing 20-30 of them.

Continue reading Game of da Dead – A simple and very playable zombie Tower Defence

As some of you may have noticed, Monster of the Week has lapsed. In order to keep things fresh and interesting, I have decided to discontinue it for the moment, and focus on providing a greater variety of articles.

Some articles to look forward to in the next week or two:

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Zombieville USA is one of those simple to play magical games that can distract you for hours doing the same repetitive thing over and over. It’s hard to say whether the charm stems from playing a trucker’s cap, flannelet shirt wearing redneck hillbilly shooting zombies with rocket launchers and flame throwers, or whether its the well designed control scheme or the simple but effective graphics. Whatever it is, it has deserved its place in the top of the game charts in the App Store for some time now.

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By the title of this blog you may think I am talking about people who spend so much time on Facebook that they become like zombies, Pale skin, unable to communicate in person except by grunts, but despite this rather patronising geek stereotype I am talking about the instances of Zombie culture on the worlds favourite social networking site.

When I first joined I was invited to install the VAMPIRES application, where, Zombies Vampires and Werewolves attacked each other on a daily basis. A simple concept, everyone else seemed to have it, and who could resist attacking a Catholic Schoolgirl vampire?

Recently I have been playing two of the Mindjolt applications games. Zombie Hell, and my personal favourite, Zombie Kitten. Zombie Hell involves protecting your house and ten inhabitants from waves of zombies by collecting cash, buying weapons and attacking the zombies. It reminds me of the old game SYNDICATE, or as much as a flash game can. Zombie Kitten fits my previous rules for a good game and would look familiar to anyone who played the 80’s Dr Who vs Daleks game.

But there is more to Zombies on Facebook than the odd application alone. After all the Zombie talk on Dice of Doom and replays of Simpson Halloween episodes I decided to do search for Zombies on Facebook. A quick search will show more than 30 Applications, over 500 events, 40 pages and over 500 groups.

The groups particularly interested me, titles such as “Real friends kill friends who become zombies.”, “All You People Who Don’t Believe In Zombies… you’ll be dead first”, and “EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ZOMBIES”, certainly tweek the interest of anyone who watched too much Twilight Zone as a youth.

Living in the Hunter Valley though I looked straight away at Australian Zombie Outbreak Defence, Newcastle and Hunter Region. This band of 30 brothers is officially classed as a Volunteer organization by facebook and discusses such important matters as possible outbreaks and bases of defence. Personally I think Christchurch cathedral is the best place to be in Newcastle, or failing that, I will just drive to a mine site out of town, away from food sources and with lots of explosives at hand.

In short, if you are worried about the Zombie apocalypse, Facebook could be the place for you to prepare. And people say the internet is a waste of time.. PPfftt, First to be brain food come the undead rising.

For those of you who really get into the whole spirit [*cough*] of Halloween, this one might be for you. For a mere $545-$595 USD, you can purchase your own friend corpse to sit around the house, watch TV with you and keep you from getting lonely. Extremely lifelike, these faux corpses are made to order and you can specify all the little details to make your new friend your perfect companion. Choices include skin colour, hair colour, type of teeth (broken or not) and the level of decay. The amount of detail is certainly enough to creep your friends, if not significantly worry your neighbours. Check them out here.

Of course, an investment of $600 USD is a lot of money to spend on a single day. Feel free to leave suggestions of how else you might use one of these during the year…

[via Gizmodo]